Peter Thejll

Peter Andreas Thejll, born in 1956, is a Danish astrophysicist and climate researcher. His work on solar variation included a study with Knud Lassen finding that a 0.4 degrees Celsius rise in Northern Hemisphere land air temperature since 1980 could not be explained solely by the solar cycle. He is a senior scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute and works on observing Earth’s reflectivity through earthshine measurements on the Moon.

Occupation

Astrophysicist and climate researcher

Position

Senior scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute

Education

M.S. in physics and Ph.D. in astrophysics, University of Delaware